释义 |
palimpsestpal‧imp‧sest /ˈpæləmpsest/ noun [countable] technical palimpsestOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin palimpsestus, from Greek, from palin ‘again’ + psen ‘to rub’ - Instead of adding a new layer to the palimpsest of the Great Plains, strip-mining destroys the palimpsest itself.
- The whole discordant palimpsest of photographic realities with which we are daily bombarded is communicated in the microcosm of a single canvas.
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